Pope Francis has blamed Europe and the United States for selling weapons in war zones, fueling conflicts and causing victims in Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan.
, saying Saturday that wealthy Western countries fuel conflicts by selling weapons in war zones.
Without such firepower, the pope added, there wouldn't have been war in countries such as Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria. . Talking about the need for countries to welcome and integrate migrants, the pope refuted the crime concerns governments cite to keep out asylum-seekers.
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